Milk and dairy foods are an important part of our diet, providing many nutrients including proteins, minerals and vitamins essential for growth, bone and dental health. It is therefore important that if you think that you or your baby may be allergic to cowsâ milk, you speak to a GP or Health Visitor about it.
The first cannon in Europe were probably used in Iberia, during the Islamic wars against Spain, in the 13th century; their use was also first documented in the Middle East around this time. English cannon were first used during the Hundred Years' War, at the Battle of CrÃ©cy, in 1346. It was during this period, the Middle Ages, that cannon became standardized, and more effective in both the anti-infantry and siege roles.
The cannon used by Mehmed II at Constantinople in May, 1453, named the Basilic, was made by Urban, a Hungarian cannon engineer, with the help of Ottoman architects. It was 27ft long, and 2.5ft in diameter. It threw a 1200-lb ball about a mile.